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Talker's MagazineThe quirky talk radio trade mag. Check the Talk Radio Research Project- it's not very scientific, but places on the top 15 talkers list (scroll down to Talk Radio Audiences By Size)) are as hotly contested as Emmys (and mean just about as much).

The AdvocateNo, not THAT Advocate... it's the Northwest Progressive Institute's Official Blog.

Media MattersDocumentation of right-wing media in video, audio and text.

Orcinushome of David Neiwert, freelance investigative journalist and author who writes extensively about far-right hate groups

Hominid Views"People, politics, science, and whatnot"
Darryl is a statistician who fights imperialism with empiricism, gives good links and wry commentary.

Jesus' General An 11 on the Manly Scale of Absolute Gender, a 12 on the Heavenly Scale of the 10 Commandments and a 6 on the earthly scale of the Immaculately Groomed.

Irrational Public Radio "informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched enunciation. When you listen to IPR, integrity washes over you like lava, with the pleasing familiarity of a medium-roast coffee and a sensible muffin."

The Moderate VoiceThe voice of reason in the age of Obama, and the politics of the far-middle.

News Hounds Dogged dogging of Fox News by a team who seems to watch every minute of the cable channel so you don't have to.

HistoryLinkFun to read and free encyclopedia of Washington State history. Founded by the late Walt Crowley, it's an indispensable tool and entertainment source for history wonks and surfers alike.

right-wing blogs we like

The Reagan WingHearin lies the real heart of Washington State Republicans. Doug Parris runs this red-meat social conservative group site which bars no holds when it comes to saying who they are and who they're not; what they believe and what they don't; who their friends are and where the rest of the Republicans can go. Well-written, and flaming.

~~ Toronto is a cool place, and according to the Le Bureau de Tourisme and one of the coolest things about Toronto is: There's no Ron & Don! Loyal reader Lance sent this picture taken at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

~ Did he say actually fricking say that? Yes, he actually fricking did: Bryan Styble, KIRO talk hobbyist on his show, A Tree Falling In the Forest (Sundays,10p-1a) told listeners this week: "Too often when people hear "double murder" they think "minority." This is the guy who opined that slavers did Africans a favor by giving them a ride to America so they could enjoy the fruits of the Land of the Free. KIRO doesn't care what he says, apparently, maybe because he says it when nobody's listening.
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November 27, 2007

Until the likes of CNN's Lou Dobbs and talk radio's Sean Hannity took it up you could swing a dead salmon by the tail and never hit anyone outside the Southern border states who was mad about the illegal Mexican coolies we deign to let pick our broccoli for pennies on the dollar.

(We'd heard previously only such rantings from The Minutemen: those raggedy, fraggedy, middle-aged, beer-gut militians who'd briefly got some headlines before their ranks caved in after an intense, internecine gnashing of gums).

When the Immigration Reform bill came up in Congress last Spring, all of right-wing radio took it up with full throat. Of a sudden, these previously benign peasants who fetched us our avocados became rapists and thieves and cutthroats, and even worse: welfare cheaters!<a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c6.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=676487&amp;java=0&amp;security=79c2dfb8&amp;invisible=1" alt="counter stats" border="0"></a>

An internet radio station in your car, able to tailor its programming to your own musical tastes - that's just one of the features built into the Audi Cross Cabriolet Quattro concept car... The Bang & Olufsen system streams radio via the car's mobile internet link, and as a result of the car's occupants accepting or rejecting the music on offer, builds a tailor-made playlist able to adapt itself to your tastes.

This may be another distraction from or maybe the elimination of the terrestrial drive-time.
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November 25, 2007

7p: Are we prepared for pandemic flu? “Radio Kos” returns as Daily Kos front page editor Greg Dworkin- known as DemFromCT, joins Goldy by phone to talk about the latest news on avian flu, and what we need to do to prepare for the next global flu pandemic. While the flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was killing an estimated 40 million worldwide, Seattle was mostly spared when Mayor Ole Hanson shut down schools, theaters and other public places… and he was run out of town! Are we willing and able to do the right thing when the inevitable happens?

These are beloved family traditions and the Bla'm Fam has one of it's own- which we're presenting by acclamation for the third year. We created it with a nod to the dubious genre of "family holiday favorites." As with all such recipes- it's the sentiment, not the taste (or taste) that endears it.

There's no "right ' way to make this favorite- it's made truly from the "left" overs found in any liberal holiday pantry.

~ Larry Nelson, longtime KOMO radio morning man has stage 4 lung
cancer. Terminal, and inoperable, says his wife Gina. Stan Orchard has made
a Larry website to honor him. Take a gander, and add
your best wishes to the impressive and growing list of admirers and old
friends who have written. There are pics, airchecks and lots of
memories flying around- go up there at once.
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~ We like Dave Boze's new show (KTTH m-f, 3-6p). He had the capable help of mentor and local ultra-conservative poohbah, Michael Medved (KTTH m-f, 12-3p) with whom he's used to yucking it up and mocking Seattle. We particularly enjoyed the talk about his homemade bear sausage, and BlatherWatch fully expects some in our KTTH goody-bag this year. If Boze can quit saying Dan Sytman's name (as in "This is Sytman & Boze on KTTH...") we think this show has a pretty good chance of grabbing not only Bryan Suits' old (and we mean old) listeners (after all there were more than a hundred). He could also grab some who've been listening to the idiotic Ron & Don (KIRO m-f, 3-6p) out of pure resignation. We're about to see a real afternoon battle for conservative hearts
& minds. We read what commenters write, it's obvious there's a rightie backlash to Ken Schram- his place, even balanced by Carlson is off-putting to many veteran KVI listeners. As that Zogby poll revealed last week, conservatives don't like to hear the other side.

~ "discussions of discussions" are going on, according to sources, on another place for Dan Sytman on KTTH. We'd approve of anyone getting a live and local show in this market- even Dan Sytman.

November 19, 2007

The David Boze Show premiers today at 3p on KTTH. We'll definitely be giving it a listen.

KOMO's Dennis Kelly and other are asking: IIs this sudden programing development a reaction to last week's firing of Bryan Suits and movement of The Commentators to afternoon drive.

Dave has been up and coming for a while. He was a winner in what's being called the being called The Season of the Witch: Seattle newstalk lost two well-established local talk hosts in one week, and another well-known talker bit the dust.
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Bryan Suits was fired from "Thee Talk Station," KVI; Dan Sytman was canned from "The Truth," KTTH. The Mark Fuhrman Show on KGA in Spokane was dropped Thursday.

Boze was the Dumb half of Dumb & Meaner, BlatherWatch's not-so-sober sobriquet for the late Sytman & Boze Show, early mornings on KTTH until last Friday. They were replaced by syndicated jerk, Glenn Beck.

November 18, 2007

Former KIRO talk host Ron Reagan will sit in for Dave (KIRO m-f, 9-12p) Monday and Tuesday. Rumors that Dave is flying a plastic turkey to the boys in Afghanistan are apochryfal. Our questions to you: how do you make plastic stuffing for plastic turkeys? What wine is recommended for plastic Thanksgiving dinners?
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KVI am 570 KHz Visit the burnt-out husk of one of the seminal right-wing talkers in all the land. Here's where once trilled the reactionary tones of Rush Limbaugh, John Carlson, Kirby Wilbur, Mike Siegel, Peter Weissbach, Floyd Brown, Dinky Donkey, and Bryan Suits.
Now it's Top 40 hits from the '60's & '70's aimed at that diminishing crowd who still remembers them and can still hear.

KTTH am 770 KHzRight wing home of local, and a whole bunch of syndicated righties such as Glennn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larsony, and for an hour a day: live & local David Boze.